Homo Cosmien

Akira

Akira hardly slept all night; she was so excited about her
trip and new life. "It is all going to happen today," she
thought as she jumped out of bed. "I can't sleep anymore I have
to get up."

A disembodied voice in her head asked, "Miss Akira, what are you
doing?"

"Oh shush! Femi you are such a fusspot." Akira scolded her
virtual companion.

The voice responded tersely into her mind, "Akira you have a
long day ahead of you. You need to finish packing, you have your
party, and then you have the eight hour trip to Ziaeke; you need
your sleep."

"Oh nonsense Femi I will be fine. Besides I want to make sure I
have my dissertation in order for Doctor Ainsworth." This
thought put a frown on her smooth long face. "And I have decided
to attend his lecture this morning," she added.

Akira got up out of her bed and glided across the room; the
supple curves of her naked body barely visible in the dark. Once
at her bathroom she brushed her long silky brown hair. Her
epicanthic folds gave her eyes an attractive almond shaped
appearance, and her dark black eyelashes highlighted her young
beauty.

"Femi, what time is the party this afternoon?"

"At one o"clock Miss Akira," responded her companion.

Akira finished showering and was soon eating breakfast. She
poured over her thesis making last minute adjustments to the
text. Her long hair, running mainly in straight lines, parted
gently at her forehead and swept past her eyes. Her beauty and
youth formed her outer shell, but Akira was also brilliant. She
had graduated summa cum laude from New Panama University
majoring in anthropology. Her paper entitled: "Who were the
ancestors of modern Homo cosmiens?" clinched her doctorate in
the discipline. She loved this area of research. For Akira Homo
habilis, rudolfensis and georgicus, ergaster and erectus,
cepranensis and antecessor, heidelbergensis, rhodesiensis,
neanderthalensis, floresiensis, and finally Homo sapiens held
the answers to exactly who she was. Homo sapiens were the most
interesting of all to her. Understanding them was everything
right now. The Vessel had little knowledge of their natures. To
add to the greater body of knowledge was the most prized
achievement possible for any Homo cosmien.